Hidden behind the 1930’s proud brick facades of Hammersmith Town Hall on King Street W6 is a forgotten space, a wonderful internal courtyard. The Town Hall Treasure scheme transforms this into a new space, a dynamic arts and community centre.

Take a walk under the flyover, discover Hammersmith past and present, if that whets your appetite go further. Discover the River! Take a leisurely walk from the river to the shopping mall and back again…up-cycle, recycle, join in, create, enjoy!

Hammersmith and Fulham

Under_Art by Nikolai Almeida and Suchitaa Mistry

The proposal aims to transform the flyover undercarriage through the promotion of art from members of the community. Artists from all levels would have the opportunity to create and display their work alongside community activities at regular art renewals.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Wood Lane Urban Park by Nathan Noack

Providing a multi-functional park, Wood Lane Urban Park provides a multi layered urban space that incorporates multiple activities to allow diversity of use for the community.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Mini-golf Open:Hammersmith by Aaron Ho and Shirla Tse

2 mini-golf devices to exploit the potentials of the often underused basement gaps in British houses- by advancing the private resident’s basement space, and in return to welcome its contribution to the public realm by engaging in households’ open golfing.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Bee Connected by Joney Muriel Ramirez and Carlos Padron

‘Bee connected’ seeks to create a hexagonal elevated grid over the train tracks; creating a unique space. A community garden where locals could have a space to relax and share.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Garden Square by Kristina Reingoldt

‘It is not physical density itself, but the richness of a place that influences people.’ - Julie Campoli. The place, that brings people together.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Green Canopy Walk by Ying Qiu, Dongni Yao and Juan Rodriguez

The theme is evergreen plants of various shades (i.e. Ivy) scaling the underside of the flyover creates a green canopy, along with patterned structures of one continuous material - corten steel to suspend the parts of the site.

The ‘Looking Glass’ Pavilion introduces light, transparency and playfulness into this forgotten space, as well as strengthening the connections between surrounding places of interest and buildings.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Pad Precinct by Kiran Sharma and Paul Harvey

The pad precinct is a reappropriation of space by community, aided by a series of interventions dissolving the barrier presented by the flyover. The pads have unique characters, and host a variety of activities that relate to the wider site.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Ping Pong Flyover by Studio Of Cinematic Architecture

The covered space under the Hammersmith flyover is taken over to create the largest public ping pong area in the world. 60 bright blue all-weather, table-tennis tables are located over a bright green all-weather playing surface.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Sparkles by Dmitry Ivanoff and Petra Lai Sze Lui

Inspired by expandable Hoberman sphere, the proposal for the area beneath the Hammersmith Flyover consists of spherical structures, called ‘Sparkles’, which provide location-specific points of interest and commerce, encourage cultural tourism, and enhance existing spatial qualities.

Hammersmith and Fulham

The Piers by Jon Rowe

The Piers is an ever-evolving vibrant zone beneath the Hammersmith Flyover. It provides spaces for small-scale commercial and creative enterprises in a location that already benefits from high footfall.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Through the Looking Glass by Karl Mok and Shaobo Wu

A sculptural intervention designed to be a subtly striking extension of the area and its emotive setting. The reflective phantasmagoria sucks in Hammersmith while amplifying its temporal qualities.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Undergrowth by Jason Malipol, Judiel Pasia and Kunimasa Hayashi

Through the clean air fund, TFL have been able to tackle the issue of air pollution and in keeping with the work they have done we propose for the land beneath the Flyover to be used for green infrastructure.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Urban Jungle by 7-10 Architecture (Ana Dabija and Dragos Suba)

The ‘Walk-over’ rises and falls along the Flyover, repairing a broken journey for the pedestrians. Allows new viewpoints and access to an unexpected garden, isolated from traffic noise, where one can enjoy a grasp of wildlife through the ‘urban jungle’.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Walled Intervention by Place Architecture and Design - Sinead Hagerty and Katie Wilmot

‘Walled Intervention’ proposes a series of sculptural structures below the A4 flyover in Hammersmith. They are designed to reinforce views towards key buildings, bringing activity to an underused area by linking existing community facilities and creating opportunities for new ones.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Hammersmith Flyover by Annalise Johns

Beneath the Flyover. This proposals seeks to revitalise the space beneath the Hammersmith Flyover by creating leisure facilities for the local residents and by introducing much needed planting.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Rainfall Pavilion by Nicholas Hare Architects

A concrete and glass café pavilion that uses filtered rainwater, collected from the A4 flyover above, to alleviate traffic noise and demonstrate grey water recycling and storm water collection.

Hammersmith and Fulham

Re-Inflating The Gasometer by Oliver Sims OAT Studio

A playful masterplan for Imperial Wharf Gasworks in South West London embracing the at present, decaying, but still beautiful historic industrial revolution structures and redeveloping them into a modern use that will safeguard and re-imagine their future.

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